On 30 November 2012 00:52, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hard cases make bad law. The rough parameters of the recent 'small > graduates' was that they had around 5 initial PMC members, and some > detectable evidence that all of them were in the reasonably regular > habit of contributing code, let alone voting for releases. If we > insist on testing the absolute lower limit of viability, we're may > bump into the absurd. > +1 (where "reasonably regular habit of contributing code" should be "reasonably regular habit of contributing in some way" - that is only being active in PMC duties would be fine, need not be active committer, as long as it is responsible activity (i.e. voting from an informed position) Ross > > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Andy Seaborne <a...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 29/11/12 14:53, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Alan Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> ... Would you also add the three or more active PMC members > requirement? > >>> What constitutes active?... > >> > >> > >> IMO the bare minimum is being able to find three PMC members to vote > >> on things when needed. > >> > >> Once a project gets below this limit it's in trouble and usually > >> headed for the attic, but that's not the only possibility - see > >> "Resolution to reboot the Apache Xalan PMC" at > >> > >> > http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2011/board_minutes_2011_07_20.txt > >> for example. > > > > > > I think we need to be a bit careful about graduating a podling that is a > > minimum viable project. That's not say it shouldn't be done but if it's > > minimal, and looks ropey, then we're aren't doing us or them any favours > if > > the project looks likely to get into problems quite soon. After all, > > graduation itself requires project resource. > > > > Andy > > > > > >> > >> -Bertrand > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
